All news: June 2016

 Public Speaking Ukrainian Summiter of Everest, expedition member of the 7 Summits Club, Tatiana Yalovchak visited Moscow. She paid tribute to the teachers in mountaineering Sergei Kovalev and Elena Kovaleva, who now live and work in the capital of Russia. Surprising  it took place almost in the form of a dialogue with the audience, which is not often. We can call it a success and a credit to both sides. The audience was curious, and Tanya spoke easily, but at the same time emotionally and honestly.

You are free to listen to excerpts of her speech

Subjectively, we note four points:

(1) Tatiana has been climbing for about 8 years. She went into the mountains as an amateur. It  is her climbing teacher Sergei Kovalev, who suggested the idea - to become the first Ukrainian Everest woman summiter. On his initiative and this meeting took place.  Many Thanks!

(2) From the beginning to the end of the expedition Tanya felt as a child.  It means full service, excellent living conditions and the best provision -  full opportunity to be focused only on their own physical condition. Quality of service 7 Summits Club praised.

(3) From the first to the last minute, Tanya had no doubt of success, never appeared  the idea that you can give up and retreat.

(4) At the urging of Alex Abramov, Tatiana decided not to make the race for the "Ukrainian championship" with another contender - Irina Galay. Tatiana went to the summit climb a day later to  avoid someone's haste. After all this haste would not only prevent the summit ascent, but also lead to more dire consequences. It's  some kind  of a moral victory of Tatiana Yalovchak.

(5) And there are no plans connected with the mountains. Rest, watch football at the European Championship, to get married and give birth...

Happiness to you Tanya! We will be still hoping to meet on a mountain trail.

Hello! This Vladimir Kotlyar (a guide of the 7 Summits Club), climbing program Elbrus  with a Brazilian group of Gribel family. Today we made acclimatization to region of  the Refuge of  Eleven. We spent time training with ice axes, crampons, tumbled  in the snow. It was fun, cool!  Now we are down to Terskol to spend here one more night in the warmth and comfort. With a warm shower, a white toilet, I do not know what else ... a delicious meal, which is prepared by chef. Well, in general, we're leaving tomorrow already on the mountain, with refuge overnight stay. All the best! Bye!

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All, Bon Dias! Good afternoon! Here Vladimir Kotlyar a guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Elbrus region. Today we had an acclimatization outing   to the Observatory.  It is at an altitude of 3100 meters above sea level. Actually, we just came here and ate, and began to descend. All members of our group "Family Gribel" .  So everything is fine, everything is good. We did it! Now - descend,  for rental, dinner, rest. Tomorrow it will be  a new day of acclimatization. All over, adios! Bye!

Good morning, Seven Summits Club! It is Sergey Larin. Best regards from Alaska! Our expedition on  Denali starts. Today the whole group arrived in Talkeetna. Now you in Moscow  have a morning and we go to bed.

Tomorrow we will have a difficult day of training and, if the weather allows, we have to fly in 15.30 to the glacier Kahiltna. Prior to this, in three days  planes did not fly to the glacier. Today is the first day. After the break, the aircraft departed  and trampled the runway for us.

We hope for the best! Bye! Sergej Larin.

 Today, June 6, the expedition 7 Summits Club went on the climb the highest peak of North America - Denali (6194 m).

 Leader od the team - Sergey Larin (5-times summiter on Mount Everest) ...

 Participants of the expedition:

 - Irina Redina;

- Dmitry Tomilin;

- Valery Tebiev;

- Yury Zimin;

- Paul Kostrikin;

- Sergey Shilkin.

Today, the whole team is going to meet in Anchorage (Alaska). Tomorrow, June 7, it is scheduled a transfer to Talkeetna. June 8th to the plan the group will fly to the Kahiltna Glacier.

We wish the team luck and the weather!

Currently, only 18% of climbers, that completed the program, reached the summit of Denali. Now on the mountain, it is more than 500 climbers. In early June fell "big snow" - about one meter.

As agreed the previous evening, at two o'clock in the morning we were going to have breakfast and go on a long journey.

 Slowly tossing in a sleeping bag, I tried to delay the moment of lifting the stern. But when he heard the talk and cheerful tinkle of gear members of the expedition, I was forced to accelerate.

 The sky was covered with stars, and there were no signs of surprises.

 Christina finally got sick. She crawled out of the tent, but listlessly wandered around the bush, periodically asking me whether to go to her at the top.

 Those who could, had breakfast. Christine was able to have breakfast. But later she took a heroic decision not to go to the summit.

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Но поалев очень эпизодически, так и рассосался в ровное светлое небо.







В целом все было бы ничего. Кроме двух мелких деталей.
Во-первых, погода не обещала ничего хорошего и не давала расслабляться.
Ну и еще. Идя первым, тропя дорогу в снегу, Пемба просто выбивался из сил. Сначала он шел достаточно бодро, но потом все чаще начал останавливаться. Два шага - остановка, два шага - остановка.

May 20, 2016 Irene Kharazova raised the Armenian flag on the highest point of the world. Irene - the first Armenian, climbed Everest. In an exclusive interview, she talks about his emotions, about what attitude and preparation are needed to overcome such obstacles as it responds to her mountaineering interest  with the family and many other things.

When did you start one of the most extreme sports - rock climbing?

The desire to conquer the heights appeared at me exactly 5 years ago. I returned from Zanzibar, where she spent the holiday, and the pilot said, "And now, look to the left, it is the legendary Mount Kilimanjaro, the one who wants to afford something to prove conquer it." After arriving to Moscow, I first organized climbing. I liked it and I was involved in the project "7 Summits" - 7, the highest points on 7 continents that need to conquer. Everest – is the sixth....

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Tatiana Yalovchak climbed Mount Everest in the team of the 7 Summits Club. She reached the summit with one of the symbols of Ukraine – an embroidered towel.

"I am happy that I brought the rushnyk with me. Our symbol of strength, goodness, beauty and peace And a part of my soul with him. Hope for prosperity and peace in Ukraine"

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